First Hui yesterday afternoon for Term 2. We have moved onto focusing on actions for the next four weeks, then body parts between weeks 5-8 and then finishing the term with Matariki in weeks 9 and 10. I took our first session yesterday and for it being the first day back after a two week holiday and an afternoon session I thought the children did well. Two children from each class get an opportunity to come up to the front to complete their mihi and we have now extended the mihi for our Yr 3 students. This seems to take a very long time as most students need help to complete their mihi. For example they don't no what their parents first names are, they don't know their iwi etc. I believe it would be beneficial for each child to have their own copy of their personal mihi. These could then be laminated and practised over the week and brought to the hui session to make this part of the hui more beneficial.
I loved the lyrics and music to Ka taea e au and thought this was a great song to include for our action hui lessons.
Moving forward I would space some of the songs out better between activities as I had put a lot of the songs near the end of the lesson.
Amber I hope to come along to a session as I really enjoyed joining in last year and the response form the akona and other staff was really positive.
ReplyDeleteLook at Somerfield school website and resources that are linked there. Pinterest has lots of resources too especially for Matariki which was a big focus at Addington Te Kura Taumatua in 2017.
has your He Papa Tikanga influenced anything you do or are planning to do?